In 2011, we chose to spend more time doing stuff, and less time
tooting our own horn (the latter is actually more expensive). So, as we welcome our newly elected Board of Directors and begin 2012, let’s take a look back at ten important ways that Coffee Party volunteers helped to bring about the cultural and narrative shifts that made 2011 a year of progress despite many obstacles. Please join us as part of our "Class of 2012" Membership Drive so we can build on the following accomplishments.
10. 417,572,792 Post Views on Facebook
If have any doubt that everyday Americans can have an impact on political discourse, consider the fact that a small team of volunteers shared the Coffee Party's civil, fact-based, and solutions-oriented approach to information gathering and civic engagement more than 417 million times in 2011. [Click here to see our Facebook statistics for 2011, and read more about how we did it.] 417 Million post views from a single Facebook fan page is pretty impressive considering that it cost us zero dollars and zero cents to operate it. If a handful of volunteers can do so much with so little, maybe We the People have a fighting chance in 2012 — Super PAC's or no.
Facebook page is not our only communication network — we have a YouTube channel that's reached 892,000 viewers, an email network of 85,000, and a Twitter network of 14,000, not to mention 175 other Facebook pages.
But “Join the Coffee Party Movement” is the virtual town hall that started it all. Total post views for the year (actually, through Dec. 28) include views resulting directly from Facebook.com/CoffeeParty, and views resulting from our users sharing posts to their own walls (and those posts being shared by their friends, and so on).
9. For the People Summit | Jan. 21, 2011
America's more informed citizens and our most responsible good-governmen
Big Hat Tip and more (including many videos at the link above. Are you still sitting on the sidelines? Are you mad enough yet? What will you do this year to help solve the problems of the Nation?
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